Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
{A Psalm of David.} Unto thee, Jehovah, do I call; my rock, be not silent unto me, lest, if thou keep silence toward me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
New American Standard Bible
A Psalm of David.
To You, O Lord, I call;
My
For if You
I will become like those who
King James Version
{A Psalm of David.} Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Holman Bible
Davidic.
my rock, do not be deaf to me.
If You remain silent to me,
I will be like those going down to the Pit.
International Standard Version
To you, LORD, I cry out! My Rock, do not refuse to answer me. If you remain silent, I will become like those who descend into the Pit.
A Conservative Version
To thee, O LORD, I will call. My rock, be not thou deaf to me, lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like those who go down into the pit.
American Standard Version
Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me; Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Amplified
My rock, do not be deaf to me,
For if You are silent to me,
I will become like those who go down to the pit (grave).
Bible in Basic English
My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.
Julia Smith Translation
To David. To thee, O Jehovah, will I call, my rock; thou wilt not be silent from me: lest thou wilt be silent from me and I was made like with them going down to the pit
King James 2000
[A Psalm of David.] Unto you will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if you be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Lexham Expanded Bible
To you, O Yahweh, I call. O my rock, do not be deaf to me. Or else, if you are silent to me, then I will become like those descending to [the] pit.
Modern King James verseion
A Psalm of David. I will cry to You, O Jehovah; my Rock, do not be deaf to me, lest, if You be silent to me, I become like those who go down into the pit.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{A Psalm of David} Unto thee will I cry, O LORD, my strength; think no scorn of me, lest, if thou make as though thou hearest not, I become like them that go down into the pit.
NET Bible
By David. To you, O Lord, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.
New Heart English Bible
To you, LORD, I call. My rock, do not be deaf to me; lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.
The Emphasized Bible
Unto thee, O Yahweh, do I cry, O my Rock! do not turn in silence from me, - lest, if thou turn from me in silence, I be like them who go down into the pit.
Webster
A Psalm of David. To thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou shouldst be silent to me, I should become like them that go down into the pit.
World English Bible
To you, Yahweh, I call. My rock, don't be deaf to me; lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.
Youngs Literal Translation
By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, My rock, be not silent to me! Lest Thou be silent to me, And I have been compared With those going down to the pit.
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 28:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
My Strength
1 {A Psalm of David.} Unto thee, Jehovah, do I call; my rock, be not silent unto me, lest, if thou keep silence toward me, I become like them that go down into the pit. 2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward the oracle of thy holiness.
Cross References
Psalm 83:1
{A Song; a Psalm of Asaph.} O God, keep not silence; hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God:
Psalm 18:2
Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
Psalm 143:7
Answer me speedily, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, or I shall be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Psalm 35:22
Thou hast seen it, Jehovah: keep not silence; O Lord, be not far from me.
Proverbs 1:12
let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;
Job 33:28
He hath delivered my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall see the light.
Psalm 3:4
With my voice will I call to Jehovah, and he will answer me from the hill of his holiness. Selah.
Psalm 5:2
Hearken unto the voice of my crying, my king and my God; for to thee will I pray.
Psalm 22:2
My God, I cry by day, and thou answerest not; and by night, and there is no rest for me:
Psalm 30:9
What profit is there in my blood, in my going down to the pit? shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Psalm 39:12
Hear my prayer, Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; be not silent at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner, like all my fathers.
Psalm 42:9
I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Psalm 69:15
Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
Psalm 77:1
{To the chief Musician. On Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A Psalm.} My voice is unto God, and I will cry; my voice is unto God, and he will give ear unto me.
Psalm 88:4-6
I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength:
Psalm 142:1
{An instruction of David; when he was in the cave: a prayer.} I cry unto Jehovah with my voice: with my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication.
Isaiah 26:4
Confide ye in Jehovah for ever; for in Jah, Jehovah, is the rock of ages.
Isaiah 38:18
For not Sheol shall praise thee, nor death celebrate thee; they that go down into the pit do not hope for thy truth.
Revelation 20:3
and cast him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, that he should not any more deceive the nations until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be loosed for a little time.